Leonidas Carstarphen DYER

(1871-1957)

DYER, Leonidas
Carstarphen, (nephew of David Patterson Dyer), a
Representative from Missouri; born near Warrenton, Warren County,
Mo., June 11, 1871; attended the common schools, Central Wesleyan
College, Warrenton, Mo., and Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice
in St. Louis, Mo.; served in the Spanish-American War; was a member
of the staff of Governor Hadley of Missouri, with the rank of
colonel; commander in chief of the Spanish War Veterans in 1915 and
1916; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress (March
4, 1911-March 3, 1913); presented credentials as a Member-elect to
the Sixty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1913, to June 19,
1914, when he was succeeded by Michael J. Gill, who contested his
election; elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for
election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress and in 1936 to the
Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in St.
Louis, Mo., December 15, 1957; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present